Organic contaminants in Canadian municipal sewage sludge. Part II. Persistent chlorinated compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-55

  Kohli, Jagmohan ^a   Lee, Hing Biu ^a   Peart, Thomas E ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chlorinated persistent contaminants; PAHs; PCBs; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON-CAPTURE DETECTION; METHANE NEGATIVE ION CHEMICAL IONIZATION;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PAH; PCB; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745034302     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2006.005     Document Type: Article

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